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The Futility of Life
1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is widespread among mankind: 2a person to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God has not given him the opportunity to enjoy these things, but a foreigner enjoys them. This is futility and a severe affliction. 3If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they may be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he, 4for a miscarriage comes in futility and goes into darkness; and its name is covered in darkness. 5“It has not even seen the sun nor does it know it; yet it is better off than that man. 6“Even if the man lives a thousand years twice, but does not see good things—do not all go to one and the same place?”
1我見日光之下有一宗禍患重壓在人身上，2就是人蒙神賜他資財、豐富、尊榮，以致他心裏所願的一樣都不缺，只是神使他不能吃用，反有外人來吃用。這是虛空，也是禍患。3人若生一百個兒子，活許多歲數，以致他的年日甚多，心裏卻不得滿享福樂，又不得埋葬；據我說，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。4因為虛虛而來，暗暗而去，名字被黑暗遮蔽，5並且沒有見過天日，也毫無知覺；這胎，比那人倒享安息。6那人雖然活千年，再活千年，卻不享福，眾人豈不都歸一個地方去嗎？
7All a person’s labor is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied. 8For what advantage does the wise person have over the fool? What does the poor person have, knowing how to walk before the living? 9What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and striving after wind.
7人的勞碌都為口腹，心裏卻不知足。8這樣看來，智慧人比愚昧人有甚麼長處呢？窮人在眾人面前知道如何行，有甚麼長處呢？9眼睛所看的比心裏妄想的倒好。這也是虛空，也是捕風。
10Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with the one who is mightier than he is. 11For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a person? 12For who knows what is good for a person during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a person what will happen after him under the sun?
10先前所有的，早已起了名，並知道何為人，他也不能與那比自己力大的相爭。11加增虛浮的事既多，這與人有甚麼益處呢？12人一生虛度的日子，就如影兒經過，誰知道甚麼與他有益呢？誰能告訴他身後在日光之下有甚麼事呢？
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